Concept Guide

13 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)................................................................................................................ 288
ECMP for Flow-Based Anity.....................................................................................................................................288
Conguring the Hash Algorithm............................................................................................................................ 288
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop.............................................................................................................. 288
Conguring the Hash Algorithm Seed.................................................................................................................. 289
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 289
Managing ECMP Group Paths...............................................................................................................................290
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle..........................................................................................................................290
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold................................................................................................................ 290
14 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................292
Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................... 292
Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................292
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 293
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................293
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................293
Disabling FIPS Mode..................................................................................................................................................... 294
15 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)...................................................................................................295
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................295
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 296
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 296
Important FRRP Points........................................................................................................................................... 297
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................298
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................299
FRRP Conguration...................................................................................................................................................... 299
Creating the FRRP Group...................................................................................................................................... 299
Conguring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................300
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs....................................................................................................... 301
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................302
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................302
Viewing the FRRP Conguration...........................................................................................................................302
Viewing the FRRP Information...............................................................................................................................302
Troubleshooting FRRP.................................................................................................................................................. 303
Conguration Checks..............................................................................................................................................303
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................303
FRRP Support on VLT...................................................................................................................................................304
Example Scenario.................................................................................................................................................... 305
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 306
16 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)..............................................................................................307
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................307
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................ 308
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................308
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................309
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